Ivanka Trump, an advisor to U.S President Donald Trump, has announced a new partnership in support of the White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP), that will see the partnership between the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) expand funding to the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE).
AWE was created in 2019 and launched in 26 countries around the world to support W-GDP, which aims to economically empower 50 million women in the developing world by 2025.
“W-GDP is the first ever whole-of-government approach to women’s economic empowerment, developed intentionally to inspire collaboration on best programs and partnerships,” said Ivanka Trump. “I am proud to see the State Department and U.S. Africa Development Foundation partner together to expand the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in support of W-GDP. W-GDP is focused on scaling programs that will have maximum impact for women and communities around the world.”
Beginning this year, through 2025, USADF will provide up to $10m in grants to the most promising African AWE graduates. In 2020, funding will be awarded to AWE graduates from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
